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UNITED STATES P TENT O FIC \VILLIAM E. GRIGG, OF WOBURN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO SAMUEL S. DIAMOND AND FRANKLIN E. DIAMOND, OF SAME PLACE.

MOYP-WRINGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,141, dated August 17, 1897.

Application filed April 1,1897. Serial No. 630,282. (NomodelJ To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. GRIGG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Woburn, in the county of Bond and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful MoplVringer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to mop wringers; and its object is to provide a simple and effective device of this character adapted to be detachably connected to a pail or tub and comprising spaced rollers, one of which is shorter than the other, whereby an-open space is left in the front of the frame, at one side thereof, for the passage of the shank or handle of the mop transversely of the short roller, whereby the shank can be brought into contact with the long roller and then moved lengthwise of the rollers between them, thus bringing the mop into position to be drawn upward between the rollers in such manner that the entire mop will be subjected to the pressure of the rollers.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of the several details of construction and combination of parts herein,- after fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l'is a perspective View of apail with my improved wringer in position. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the wringer. Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

Similar reference-numerals indicate similar parts in the several figures.

The frame is made in two sections, (indicated by 1 and 2,) and these sections are connected together and securely braced in position by the transverse horizontal braces 3 and 4, which are detachably connected to the sections by screws 5 or other suitable fastening devices. Each of the frame-sections is provided with a hook 6, adapted to fit over the edge of the pail or tub and be clamped thereto by the clamping-screws 7 which Work in the outer arms of the hooks. From the lower end of the inner arm of each hook the horizontal arms 8 extend, and at their junction with the hooks the arms are bent laterally and then forwardly, as indicated at 9, in orderto make the space between the forward ends of the arms 8 wider than that between the hooks 6.

The object of having the hooks 6 closer together than the forward ends of the arms .8 is to adapt the device for use with pails or tubs of difierent diameters. From the bends 9 the arms 8 extend forwardly parallel to each other, and the arm 8 of the section 1 of the frame is bent toform the arm 10, extending at a right angle to the arm 8 transversely across in front of the frame to within a short distancebf the arm 8 of the section 2. The arm 10 is bent inwardly to form a short bearing-arm 11, which is parallel to the arms 8. The space 12 between the arm 11 and the arm 8 of section 2 has tobe sulficient to admit the shank 13 0f theemop 14. Braces 15 extend diagonally from the hooks 6 to the. arms 8 to give rigidity to the frame, and preferably the horizontal brace 4 will be secured to the'diagonal braces 15, while the brace 3 will be secured to the hooks 6.

Each of the arms Sis provided with an elongated opening 16 to receive the spindle 17 of the roller 18, and each spindle is connected to one end of a spring 19, the other ends of the springs being secured to the frame in any suitable manner. The normal tendency of the springs 19 is to force the roller 18 toward the front of the frame.

20 indicates the other roller, the spindles of which are journaled in the arm 11 and the arm 8 of the section 1 of the frame. This roller is shorter than the, roller 18 and has no lateral movement in its bearings.

In operation the wringer will be clamped in position on the tub or pail by means of the hook 6 and the clamping-screw 7, and when it is desired to wring the mop the shank of the mop will be moved into the recess 12 between the arm 11 and the arm 8 of section 2 of the frame until it engages the roller 18, when it may be moved longitudinally of the rollers between them until it is about midway of the roller 20, when by drawing the mop up wardly between the rollers the entire mopcloth will be subjected to the action of the rollers. The springs 19 will permit the roller 18 to yield sufliciently to permit the passage of the mop between the rollers, but will at the same time exert suflicient pressure on the roller 18 to effectively accomplish the wringing of the mop.

The rollers may be of any diameter desired, but will preferably be from two to two and one-half inches, and their length will preferably be from ten to twelve inches. By arranging the hooks of the frame closer together than the arms which support the rollers thewringer may be used in tubs and pails of widely-difierent diameters, which would not be the case if the space between the hooks were equal to that between the arms in which the rollers are journaled. Another advantage of my invention is that by having the space for the insertion. of the shank of the mop at the end of the roller there is no break in the wringing-surface of. the rollers, and consequently the entire mop-cloth will be subjected to the action of the rollers.

It will be understood that changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of constrnction may be resortednto without departi'ng, from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- 1. In a mop-wringer, the combination with a frame: adapted to be-secured to a pai l' or'tu'b, of parallel rollers j ournaled' in the fram.e, one of said rollers; being shorter than the other, and supported in bearings to leave. a space between the end of the: short roller. and the opposing side of the frame for. thepassage of the. shank of a mop, substantially as described.

2. In a mop-wringer, aframe adapted. to be secured to a tub or? pail and having two-parallel arms, one of which isbent at a'rightangle and extended transversely across the front of the frame to within ashort distance of the other arm, and then again bent to form a. short bearingrarm extending parallel to said arms, combined with. two rollers one of which is longer than the other, the longer one-being journaled in the said parallel arms and the shorter one in the short bearing-arm and one of said parallel arms, substantially as described.

In a mop-wringer, a frame made of two sections detachably connected together. by transverse braces, each section comprising a hook adapted to fit over the edge of a. tub or 59 pail, and a horizontal arm extending from the lower end of the inner arm of the hook and integral therewith, said horizontal arm being bent laterally and then forwardly atits jnnc-' tion with the hook to bring it outside of the vertical plane of the hook, said horizontal arms being parallel when the frame is in-po-. sition and the space between them being wider than between the hooks, combined with i g rollers journaled in the said parallel arms, 60 substantially as described.

4.-. In a mop-wringer, a frame made of two sections detachably connected together by transverse braces, each section OOIH PIiSi a hook. and a horizontal arm extending from 0 lower end of the inner arm of the hook, and a iagonal brace connecting the hook horizontal arm, said horizontal arm's being parallel to each other when the sectionsm secured together in position, and one of said arms being bent at a right angle and extend ing transversely across-the front of" theframe tov within a short distance of the otherarm, and then again bent to forma short bearingarm: extending parallel to said horizontal arms, saidhorizontal arms each having an elongated opening, combined with two rollers of difierent length', th'e'spindles of the'lo'ngqr roller being journaled in the said elongated openings and thespindles of the shorter roller at in openingsin the short bearing-arnr andi one of the said horizontal arms, and spi-ing'as'ecured at one end to the frameand'their other ends connected to the spindles of the longest roller, substantially as deseribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have'hereto affixed mysigna-t'u-reii! the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. GREGG.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. BUNCH, G. W. GRIGG, Jr. 

